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Centipedes are elongated segmented animals with one pair of legs per body segment. All centipedes are venomous and can inflict painful stings, injecting their venom through pincer-like appendages known as forcipules or toxicognaths, which are actually modified legs instead of fangs. Despite the name, no species of centipede has exactly 100 legs ...
Critically endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 394 critically endangered arthropod species, including 86 which are tagged as possibly extinct. [1] [2] 4.1% of all evaluated arthropod species are listed as critically ...
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 81 extinct species, 86 possibly extinct species, and two extinct in the wild species of arthropod. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Centipedes
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 616 endangered arthropod species. [1] Of all evaluated arthropod, 6.5% species are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 27 arthropod subspecies as endangered.
The species include a fruit bat, two species of fish, eight types of mussels and 10 types of birds.
Scolopendra gigantea, also known as the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede, is a centipede in the genus Scolopendra. It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30 centimetres (12 in). [2] Specimens may have 21 or 23 segments. [3]
Endangered (EN): 382 species ... 26 to 43 are extinct or extinct in the wild: 24 extinct (EX) ... Pacific coast centipede snake ...
Scientists have recently discovered a new primate species in Myanmar’s central forest. However, the Popa langur, named after nearby Mount Popa, is tragically already on the verge of extinction.